The condition of the ships in which tens of thousands of people emigrated were appalling as many middle-men used sub-standard vessels and carried too many people, with a view to making a quick profit. On one of these coffin ships, of the 348 passengers, 117 died at sea; on another, going to Canada, 158 died of a total of 476 passengers.
The Jeanie Johnston
The Jeanie Johnston was built in the shipyard Blennerville just nearly two miles outside Tralee, on the 19th of april 2000
Emily’s Coffin Ships Poem
Famine was a bad time for people in Ireland.
A potato was the only food that they depended on.
Many died and suffered terribly from hunger.
In 1945 the blight began.
No more potatoes.
Emigration to America in coffin ships.
Coffin Ships
The condition of the ships in which tens of thousands of people emigrated were appalling as many middle-men used sub-standard vessels and carried too many people, with a view to making a quick profit. On one of these coffin ships, of the 348 passengers, 117 died at sea; on another, going to Canada, 158 died of a total of 476 passengers.The Jeanie Johnston
The Jeanie Johnston was built in the shipyard Blennerville just nearly two miles outside Tralee, on the 19th of april 2000
Emily’s Coffin Ships Poem
Famine was a bad time for people in Ireland.
A potato was the only food that they depended on.
Many died and suffered terribly from hunger.
In 1945 the blight began.
No more potatoes.
Emigration to America in coffin ships.